Why Life is Great!

Dear Daughter Life is great because often people will really surprise you by being far more interesting than you ever believed – like the old adage “never judge a book by its cover.” For example, your uncle Frank must have been living a double life at some very interesting nightclubs when he was young. He […]

Dear Daughter Something you probably never knew about me is that I love movies, most of them lousy, but “O’brother where art Thou” is amongst the good ones – it almost made your Dad a Dapper Dan man. Anyway, there is a great scene after they all escape from prison and are walking down a […]

Dear Daughter Yesterday I posted something about the fact that there is no ideal body, but this of course brought up an interesting dilemma in my mostly demented mind. BTW – I was sane before you kids came along, but your mother will never confirm this. Although, what does this say about your mother? That […]

Dear Daughter Believe it or not, your father was channel surfing the other night instead of just staying on one channel, like I always do. Desperate for entertainment since Netflix failed me once more, I started flying past the different sports channels and it occurred to me that there is no ideal body. I know […]

Dear Daughter [attempt #2 – YouTube link failed before – sorry!] Life is Great because you have something better than a monkey brain, unlike your father. I love this experiment they did with the monkeys in the YouTube video https://youtu.be/meiU6TxysCg (it’s only 2 minutes), but it does describe something primordial in all of us that I […]

Dear Daughter Halloween is almost upon us and I suspect that your love for spiders has not changed at all? Thank goodness that all your favorite foods are not spider shaped! I mean really? Could you actually eat those cookies with those chocolaty long legs and tasty candy eyes looking at you?  Of course not! […]

Dear Daughter Sometimes in the early morning hours, this is what parking lots look like, even the lamp posts go home for the night.  You can just slide in and out of parking spots carefree. Heck park crooked, who really cares, it’s really just one huge parking spot at that point. This is one of […]

Dear Daughter Obviously happiness makes Life Great, but sometimes I think we take for granted that we can experience happiness. How strange and unbearable would life be if there was no happiness? If we somehow we lacked the ability to feel joy, if all we could look forward to was the sensation of a full […]

Dear Daughter I know that you can be a bit of a perfectionist at times, but as our old and wise philosopher friend Jake likes to say , “Good Enough!” And Life is Great quite often with the ‘good enough’ concept, seeking perfection often just makes life unbearable. However, his other saying, “I almost did […]

Dear Daughter & Son Sunscreen makes life great because it not only makes you look cool, but it also protects your skin! Although I’ve heard that there are those out there that over apply it… as if that’s even possible. That guy next to you probably doesn’t have enough on his face yet. Anyway, keep […]

Dear Daughter I can’t believe I’m writing this, but I guess Life is Great because basketball season starts tomorrow.  As you know I don’t watch or care for basketball ever since you retired out of the sport, but out of nowhere your mother became a Warriors fan last year and now she is very excited […]

Dear Daughter This post will be a Life is Great post if you really enjoy driving a Lego car? They are unique and no one really ever sees them on the road, so it could be really cool! I hope you do like a Lego mobile because that might be what you aspire to drive […]